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Burnshaw, Stanley was born on June 20, 1906 in New York City. Son of Ludwig Behr and Sophia (Kievmann) Burnshaw.
( Through memoir, biography, literary history and critica...)
Through memoir, biography, literary history and critical study, Burnshaw presents new information about Frost that defuses the "monster myth" created by Frost's official biographer. "The book has an important purpose: to rescue Frost from the negative image that has lingered like a dark storm cloud since Lawrence Thompson's three-volume biography. Frost told Burnshaw, his long-time friend and sometimes editor, 'I'm counting on you to protect me from Larry,' and Burnshaw's mix of biography and criticism here fulfills Frost's hope. The final two chapters in particular argue for the humane and generous Frost, in contrast to the maniacal monster of Thompson's account, and for the poet genius whose work makes him one of the giants of modern poetry. Important as a turn in scholarly debate, this book is also sure to engage a variety of general readers."—Library Journal
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( A Stanley Burnshaw Reader brings together selections fr...)
A Stanley Burnshaw Reader brings together selections from the major works of poetry and prose that have distinguished Burnshaw as one of the most important voices in twentieth-century letters. Included are essays from Burnshaw’s two pioneering critical works: The Seamless Web, praised by the New York Times Book Review as “a defense of poetry that removes it from the realm of man’s spiritual luxuries and places it preeminently among his instruments of survival”, and The Poem Itself, a book that deals with forty-five poets of the last century in an entirely novel way which, as Lionel Trilling observed, “allows the Englishspeaking reader an unprecedented intimacy with poems in the original tongues.” Along with a generous excerpt from Robert Frost Himself, this volume offers a representative selection of Burnshaw’s poetry and his translations of other poets’ work. A Stanley Burnshaw Reader affords those unfamiliar with Burnshaw an ideal introduction to his work. At the same time, readers who know his writings will discover new insights into his long and distinguished career.
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If, as has been remarked, Stanley Burnshaw's The Poem Itself "permanently" changed our minds about verse translations, this new volume is likely to do the same with its far more inclusive subject. For The Seamless Web pertains not only to poetry but to all the arts, which it explores from a wholly new perspective, one that enables the reader for the first time to look at works of creative imagination from a vantage point not limited to the culture. "Who" is it what does the creating? To answer this fundamental question, one must take a fresh approach to the "person." This is provided in the opening chapter which shows that the arts are the expression of more than the arts are the expression of more than the creator's brain - of, in fact, his total organism. We see creativity emerging as an organic collaboration of all the constitutes the creator - of all that we mean by "conscious" and "unconscious" processes. The resulting products of these processes necessarily speak to the reader, listener, or viewer in ways that combine the irreconcilable differences between common and uncommon sense. The Seamless Web then deals with the peculiar kind of "knowledge" with which an artwork resounds in the reader, viewer, listener and shows it to be something that transcends the culture. This "something" the author aptly calls "creature knowledge." The final section of the book proceeds to explore the art experience in depth. Not surprisingly, this "organismic" approach results in a new illumination of all aspects of creativity for all who participate in its works.
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Available again for a new generation, this classic work contains over 150 of the greatest modern French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian poems presented in the original languages and brilliantly illuminated by English commentaries.
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(A tribute to the author's father, a Latvian Jewish immigr...)
A tribute to the author's father, a Latvian Jewish immigrant to America whose unwavering faith in Enlightenment ideals inspired a generation of educators.
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(A public poem comprised of actual dialogue, conversations...)
A public poem comprised of actual dialogue, conversations and anecdotes. More accessible than some of his other writings. Includes his Notes at the end. Dust jacket blurbs by Archibald MacLeish, Christina Stead and Karl Shapiro.
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Burnshaw, Stanley was born on June 20, 1906 in New York City. Son of Ludwig Behr and Sophia (Kievmann) Burnshaw.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1925. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1933. Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1983.
DL, City University of New York, 1996.
Advertising business, Pittsburgh, 1925-1927;
Advertising business, New York City, 1928-1932;
drama critic, co-editor, New Masses, New York City, 1933-1936;
publications, The Cordon Company, Inc., New York City, 1936-1939;
president, general manager, Dryden Press, Inc., New York City, 1939-1958;
vice president, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., New York City, 1958-1965;
adviser to president, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 1965-1967;
Regents lecturer, University of California, winter 1980;
distinguished visiting Professor of English, U. Miami, 1989. Member organizing group, then lecturer, director studies in World literature Graduate Institute of Book Publishing, New York University, 1958-1962. Board judges National Book Award, 1967, 72.
Awards advising committee National Book Committee, since 1967. Member organizing board editors, then consultant editor Adult Leadership (magazine supported byFund for Adult Education, Ford Foundation), 1953-1955. Board directors National Translation Center, Columbia University.
( Available again for a new generation, this classic work...)
(If, as has been remarked, Stanley Burnshaw's The Poem Its...)
( A Stanley Burnshaw Reader brings together selections fr...)
( Through memoir, biography, literary history and critica...)
( Through memoir, biography, literary history and critica...)
(A tribute to the author's father, a Latvian Jewish immigr...)
(A public poem comprised of actual dialogue, conversations...)
(Horizon Press $14.95 1981 hardcover with dj 444pp.)
Member American Institute Graphic Arts (director 1960-1961), College Publications Group. Member emeritus Modern Language Association.
Married Lydia Powsner (deceased). Children: Sandra Bonnie, Valerie, Amy, David.